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1 final ff edition m sunday Chicago february 18 1917 sunday price five cents | vol xvii no 33 a m m ?! iwti ftfc w^*i a iky&y j^&w^w^&^\w%^&^w*w y y a vult y^f i^ti^mf j&iew f a j^t y a w 1 vows to kill more americans than did villa in columbus fight declares he will allow no american captives to live cl paso tex feth 17 two americans were killed early ilf to-d;:y at i lie gibson ranch fourteen miles west of columbus x ji by mexican raiders accord ing to wioftk-iai ji'ossages received licio to-night by american cattle lieu xo details were received but j it is reported the raiders crossed the j boundary between midnight and dawn to-day jalazar takes vow o slay americans they are said to have been mem â€¢ : . of genera lube y salazar's command tumors here 10-day credited sala â€¢ â– ;â€¢ with a vow to kill more ainer . an did villa ins chief in his rlumbus raid sulazur is said also .: i irn to kill ill american -. jves bands are encamped â– Â„-â– â– ri kins dista nee of the i truer zu.ardsm.en rushed ? threatened points lists amped between lia . - â– â– â– uid el paso it is re ,; â– ..... , â– ... . of new mex .:â– . . !â€¢â– en ordered to re ..,-,. iic ;â– . â– â– â– . " â– â– llachitadis - .. tiism iu.oo'j national guards ' ! . n train ui l.:i paso within ; iexl tew days luv home orders d ... re i.-niulit ordered all dsmen demobilized prudenuiu mireuda alleged leader i ;..: Â„ : ; corner kanch sev s uav was sought in el paso -... â– .: ; 'â– â– -. government officers he : , ....â– â– ' cd ilidlhg here ilia to establish sew government villa conferred with other revolu tionary leaders at san andres to-day he would establish a new govern nt in tlie state of chihuahua v hich he claims to control this information was received by villistu agents here to-day only a small carranza garrison is reported at chihuahua city bandits who raided jlrs phoebe a hearst's ranch near madera killed uur chinese as well as two mexi uanÃŸ whose deaths had been re i ported , madcru representatives of j the pearson interests reported to it is feared many other chinese in ihe same district have been killed the town of madera was looted of munitions and supplies carrying 4,000 with which to ran som the wire of bunk spencer negro rancli foreman who is held hostage by mexican bandits repre sentatives of e k warren of mich isan owner of the ojites ranct crossed the border by automobile 10-day according to dispatches from hachita n m a civilian killed by a sentry of the twenty-first north carolina regi ment because he refused to halt when rhallensed remained unidentified to day the sentry is under arrest thy â– â– ::â– 'â– 'â€¢â– <â– â– : occurred just outside thu city hmitb ah guards in service of u.s ordered home washington feb it.-de mobilization o the entire national guard force on the bor der including troops from texas new mexico and arizona was ordered to-day the war department issued this statement orders have been sent to gen funston to send all na tional guard organizations north for muster out including border stales all details of the movement including dates of departure are left to ged funston the order affects about 50,000 guardsmen dr schuettler flohdjra son of chief recovering from operation attacked by three j auto bandits dr arthur frederick schuettltr son of the chief of police was robbed and beaten by automobile bandits ! last evening at sheridan road and ; sunnysidc avenue the robbers took the physician's watch a case of valu able surgical instruments and slo only two days ago dr schuettler was discharged from ravenswood hospital after an operation for ap pendicitis he was going to his home at 824 sunnyside avenue about 6:so p m walking slowly because he was j etill weak from his illness a man stepped from an aparlment building entrance and confronted him two others jumped from an automo bile and on pushed a revolver against dr schuettles de where the wound of the operation t"9 slilj healing and caused severe pa the watch was a christm&o gtft i from the chief but the bandits took it then they beat dr schueltler over the head with the butt ends of their revolvers jumped back into the automibile and escaped ji'oes of police says chief . the victim groped his way home and telephoned the police then had to go to bed his father quickly ordered out the detective reserves chief schuettler expressed the opin ion that this was a deliberate at tack at the police department u s banks prepared declares reynolds george m reynolds president of the continental & commercial na tional bank leaves this morning for california convinced that war will be declared but confident there will be no business disturbance a declara tion of hostilities would clear the at mosphere he said livery prepara tion has been made by bankers and i do not expect a ripple in the situa tion roosevelt resents broomstick drill new york feb 17 â€” i wish jim mann could have seen those recruits drilling with broomsticks as i did to-day because tlie united states hasn't enough rifles said theodore roosevelt after visiting governor's island to see the plattÃŸburghers drill the colonel and mrs roose velt were guests of general wood two salutes of twenty-one guns were fired pair links rich men in auto thefts officials police and dealers in many cities named in con fession twelve hours long j member of era bond syndicate says joliet officials got cars for hiding violated parole frank parker extradited from minneapolis in connection with the automobile theft cases under the al leged syndicate direction of era bond i has made a complete confession to i state's attorney hoyne it is replete vrith charges against i politicians policemen lawyers and i automobile dealers in Chicago and half a dozen other cities it gives in stances of graft payments with names | and dates the confession required twelve hours to transcribe and is even more thorough in its ground than the con fession of lemuel nutter star wit ness who died in the county jail under circumstances that resulted in an investigation of charges of neg lect by the jail medical staff what rarkeu confessed high lights in the parker confes sion charge i that a detective sergeant at the weal Chicago avenue station ac cepted 750 from a member of the thieves trust to square a complaint made by the owner of a car that had been stolen n that four other detectives at the same station aided in the recov ery of three stolen automobiles but the oars were never turned over to their owners and no official re port of the recovery was ever made o that an alderman in gary head ed the distributionlng in and around gary east Chicago ham w.ond indiana harbor and hobart a that a supposedly refutable au tomobile sales house in indian apolis bought stolen cars and sold i them as new machines after putting on new tires and accessories and re polishing the bodies c that two officials of the state penitentiary at joliet accepted automobiles from parker us well a3 payments of money â€” delivered through a Chicago doctor â€” for not revealing that parker had violated his parole c that a Chicago lawyer with of flees in the city hall square building knowingly bought three stolen cars â€” which he is now using 7 that a san francisco politician ' now holding office bought a stolen car from the Chicago thieves trust for his own use and then or dered over a dozen machines that he sold to his friends for fractional values made deai with owxer parker said the west Chicago ave nue detective had the stolen car re turned to the owner but that he first exacted a promise that the owner in return for getting his car back would not prosecute the thief said an attache of hoyne office who heard the confession the money was paid after the case against the thief hud been nolle prossed for want of prosecution he continued similar arrangements had been made by the other four detective sergeants named by parker in other cases j three stolen cars were located by the officers then instead of no tifying the owners the policemen accepted the automobiles from the thieves as gifts and dropped their i investigation i new ecii'ipsie.vr pit on the gary alderman ran a garage business he used to telegraph or gers for trie kind of cars no^cdtiw â€” jsc 'â€¢â– â– r h.fi ant k utter they would steal to till jlis orders and haig's foe smash two mile line : | british in rapid drive take high ground commanding po sitions surrounding miraumont | greatest offensive since novem ber captures 1,000 yards of trenches strongholds periled london feb 18 4 a m â€” haig's i forces yesterday made a smashing drive along the ancre river and cap j tured 1,000 yards of the german po sitions along a front nearly two j miles long the british forces were advanced to within a few hundred j-ards of petit mirauiccnt and as for north as miramont on the north of the ancre an important position near banes court farm was stormed and taken the british now command the higher ground toward which tlie germans retreated upon evacuating grandicourt to : nigrht it was esti mated at corps headquarters that ap proximately 300 prisoners had been passed back with more expected ! take many fjuso.vens not one of these prisoners had had j food in twenty-four hours some hav f ing been for forty-eight hours with out food as during that time the british guns had cut oft all supplies from behind the lines the prison ers virtually all were prussians and the first request made was for food not only was the territory seized by kaig's troops much greater than that taken by the germans in the champagne thursday but it was by far the most extensive veep made in the west since november in its im portance it excels any infantry oj>er ction by either side this yeare towns near capture petit miraumont is south of tho ancre and is all but in british hands now only a few hundred yards sep arate the troops from that position miraumont is situated north of the stream british guns now command the entire position from the opposite bank exposing the german lines to an enfilading fire from the west and frontal fire from the south and east miraumont is the chief of the ger man defenses west of baupaume it stands in the same relation there as vaux and douauinont do to verdun petit miraumont defends miraumont on the south both positions have been rlankeil on the cast by the advance and neither is believed to be able to hold out longer against haig's attacks netiiun gmove seen the attack showed superiority of british artillery and the infantry dis played its power in the speed by which it advanced the rush through succeeding trench lines was appar ently earned with case fog for a time interferred with artillery fire british aeroplanes were unable to help much toward di recting 1 the fire it is suggested that the small num ber of prisoners taken may indicate von hindenburg ha3 decided to fall back on the defenses behind the ancre and somme this has been forecast helen morton loses boy's 2,000 suit the appellate court ruled against miss helen morton daughter of mark morton yesterday affirming the de | cision of a lower court that she j must pay s-,000 damages to fred ' kose a boy who was thrown and in jjured by miss morton's inarc rosa j c!ora at the onwentsla club several years aero lioki'a leg was broken h â– sued and aun l judgement lor 2,uuo vli^y iiortuji appealed declar ing the judgement ought not to ex , ceed u.oot our first line of defense the fleet in action the great fighting ships of all classes of the united states navy are shown in action in a double page of pictures in this issue see pages 4 and 5 of the second section derbyseeswar crisis hearing j matter of few months he de clares warns england against overconfidence i london feb 17 â€” the earl or derby secretary of state for war speaking at bolton to-day said he thought the critical period of the war would occur in the next few months he declared 1 would be a false friend if i did not warn the country that thu war is going to be long continued and the struggle even more bitter than in the past it can only bo won dy every one doing his ut most the three things most vital are j money men and munitions money and munitions are being supplied in large quantities men we want and must have more meif vital the nation will have lo make greater sacrifices in the way of giving ils manhood to fight its battles you will not win the war by saying you have won it i am as confident as any one of â– the eventual result but do not be j led a.vay into the too great opti j mism of thinking that the end is near there is nothing that pleases j us more than to hear that the | i german nation is at its last gasp j ido not think it is true i be lieve the german nation is suffer ing but it still has an enormous reserve power and will make a gi gantic effort to gain the mastery criticaii period near i believe we are poing to see the critical period of the war in the next few months we must face it with courage i confidently pre dict it will be a successful six months for us but at the same time i do not think it will be a walkover you must receive bad news ! equally with good news with tho i same courage the same gamenesj and the same determination there is but one m^tto for every man and woman in the country â€” namely slick it out that is what you have got to tio at whatever cost at whatever sac rifice stick it out to the bitter end and the bitter end will mean for you perhaps privation but for those who come after you freedom from the horrors which we have experienced during the last two and a half years 435 gift by house for clark's grandson by international news service washington feb 17 â€” speaker champ clark's grandchild will receive a 435 present from the house mi nority leader mann to-day suggested the 433 members contribute 51 each the speaker's grandchild ho said is also the grandson of the house the motion was adopted unanimously speaker clark was not in the chair gerard is guest of briand at luncheon paris feb 17 â€” james w gerard | former american ambassador to ger many to-day was the guest of honor at a luncheon civen by premier bri and this evening mr and mrs oc i urij wrru entertained &> n dinner part uiivi by ambassador and lira sharp mr gerard plans to ieave paris tuesday night tor madrid i captain of gold ship kron prinzessin cecile won't reveal embassy attache who gave or der code message is signal ibv international news service boston feb 17 tell peter son everything o k about noou january 31 last three days before the united slates broke with germany captain charles a polack sent this message from hoboken to sigmund bierans the latter ivas chief engineer of polack's ship the north german lloyd passenger liner kronprinzes sin ceeile in port here that night the engineer descended i into the ocean giant's engine rooms ana did not emerge for twenty-four hours 3,000,000 liner is i rendered useless the following evening captain ! polack returned her secret code charls plans uv.d records with the kty lo her complicated machinery jhad been destroyed the principal parts of the ma chinery bad been battered to pieces the 53,000,000 lintr liad been tho roughly disabled the famous gold ship had re sponded a second time to a code message for the uerman government the week preceding the outbreak of the european war while en route from new york to plymouth with several million dollars in gold con signed to paris and london bankers she was suddenly turned back by the now famous radiogram siegfried ill carl orders came from i german embassy in an unannounced hearing in the united states district court to-day captain polack told the inside story of how the liner was wrecked he admitted his orders came from a member of the german embassy he was a witness in the civil suit of ths national city bank and the guarantee trust company of new york against the owners of the liner captain fears trial abroad for treason he was questioned by attorney ed ward e blodgett the orders had been in existence since april 131g when tiie relations with germany became strained to the breaking iwint over the sinking of the sussex captain polack also stated that by order from germany all charts and papers had been burned at that time captain polack said the work or destruction was done on january 31 and february 1 to prevent the use of tho fast liner by thu united statos in the event of hostilities with ger inanj he refused to divulge the name of the german embassy official who issued the orders your honor 1 am an officer of tho german navy lie said appeal ing to the court if i should have to disclose the name of this gentle man in this hearing might be tried for treason when 1 go back to ger many 1 wish yuu would not oblige me to answer that question juuge muiton aeeilmoc ttralltn the question in i â– â– â– pressed asiit-u w 'â€¢!> peterson is captain 50,000 tons sunk by one u=boat in day berlin feb 16 via tucker ton feb 17 one subma rine now at its home dase re ports that in twenty-four hours it sank merchant ships aggre gating 50,000 tons another Ã¼ boat sank 35,000 tons in five days unrestricted u-boat havoc as reported by british source's to date : reported sunk yesterday ship tonnage lady ann british 1,016 marie leonhardt british 1,468 marion dawson british 2,300 queenswood british 2,701 tonnage yesterday 7,485 tonnage since feb 1 232,581 ships sunk yesterday number since feb 119 thres in crew killed struck mine 2 lost byhvessels ships reach u.s safely through u-boat zone nets guard new york harbor i new tork feb 17 a steel net to protect the port of new york from hostile submarines and otl^r war i craft was put in place at the entrance of the harbor to-day it will be kept in position only be tween sunset and sunrise and will bar all ships frctni departing or en tering three tugs and three lighters from new york navy yard lowered the net in the channel which runs be tween fort wadsworth on the staten island side to fort hamilton on the brooklyn side a distance of about one mile fourteen vessels totaling nearly 50,000 tons reached new york to day all had come from the war zone several large ships departed for europe two of them the algonquin and the city of pueblo are american freighters carrying american crews and commanded by american officers carrv american chews the crew of the algonquin is com 1 posed of nine americans including captain a nordberg she is bound for london and the war zone the city of pueblo has a cargo of contra band and is bound for havre before the vessels i^iled the officers were granted a 100 per cent bonus and the crew a 215 per cent bonus the holland-american steamship company's passenger and freight liner noordam was another to sail she carries s,ooo tons of foodstuffs con signed to the holland government no passengers are carried officials of the american line said the situation had not changed none of their ships will leave until definite i word is received from washington ' british ship sails savannah gi feb 17 the british steamer ardgorm with a cargo valued at 2,200,000 left to night for havre france it is said she will be met by a british cruiser all british crew and way unarmed | u s weathee forecast ' Chicago a>d vici.mtv â€” partly cloudy niitl much colder sunday mon day *â€¢Â»Â«Â» " ; m u int vnrinme minds shifting to fresh easterly tehpebfatdre for twenty-funr hours ending 1 p m : htgrhvat 45 lowest sl average ijx t>Â»-iti:il inn|iit:i in i -â– for ilie day -'â– - deficicnry of tempera turo fainco january 1 ijo dt-prccs precipitation for twenty-four liuurs ending at 7 p m none deficicnry vt precipitation since jauur 1 1.29 inches rte!&tlii_ln::';i!ii . t :>. m 01 1 p m . 7 p di tit baromel rtc piea&urc h luci ' tu aefl i > . a m 29.48 7 r m luw sunriao to-uay i ; n suijael to-day .*, : r complete bo^enunent report ua f^ge 3 kirl 0 ( will ask ; president to go before congress in joint session before march 4 decision reached on arm ing merchant vessels report j will make request in order to be able to act at once should international situation develop seriously he says bv international news survice washington feb 17.-:presi dent wilson to-day took the first step toward obtaining ! complete congressional support icr . any action he may deem necessary in tlic german cri?i ' alaking a personal visit to the eapitol the president notified oen i ate leaders that he proposes to lay uefore congress within two weeks a j demand for legislative authority ' which will enable him to meet any j turn of international affairs in his i discretion he will request that the author tj i bo made complete that he may pro | teed with his foreign policy after the present congress expires march 4 request expected within coming week it is believed the request ioi uie joint session will be made within the coming iveck leaders in congress made ii clear that i president will lie given full anil complete authority to take j steiits jic niiglit deem needful while at the capitol the president had a brief talk with senator i'ilman chairman of the naval affairs com mittee a few minutes later the navm u.i fairs subcommittee announced thai it had raised tlie total of the naval appropriation bill already passed by the house from 3g5,000,000 to j8Â»3 000,0u0 150,000,000 given wilson for emergency chairman tillman's subcommittee recommended to the full committee the following significant ilcius a blanket appropriation el liu 000,000 to be available immediate for use by the president in his dis cretion in speeding up construction of naval vessels already authorizeu this appropriation was proposed in the house but was defeated an increase of 600,000 in the ap propriation of more than 5,000,000 for batteries for merchant auxilia ries an increase of 450,000 in the ap propriation of more than 7,000,000 for ammunition icar merchant aux iliaries plan to arm trade vessels is seen in these items official washington to-night believes it sees the begin nings of an administration plan to place suns aboard the american mer chant vessels sailing for ports in the deatli zone it was apparent to-night that within a short time the president ivill lay before congress a broad compre hensive emergency program 31 was stated that the president proposes to have available for instant use all oi j the money and all of the power thai may be needed to meet the ne-.t move in the uerman crisis during his visit 10-day tlie i'resu i dent talked wiui senator simiiio.is rftn:rm:rn vt the ffttanoe comnii'.tca lie lias charge of !!:â– - admlnlsl no revenue bill already liussed in ijia [ house emergency funds wo'iir i a j continued on *" pa3 stn column i continued on 6th pagk 4th co'umn >^ this edition consists of j â€” 1 i iâ€”sens,1 â€” sens 3 â€” society | rr â€” 1 2-sews club<f - .. . . drama j ante 6 want ada sporth financial 4 kdituri.-il rc-ul estate i_j n feature ' â€” mngazine j â– . city life s â€” comics actress tells secret a well known actress gives the following recipe for gray hair to hall pint of water add 1 oz bay rtnn a small box of barbo compound and vi _ oz of glycerine any drutrsist cat put this up or you can nix it at tiomc at vcrv jittlr coft fch directions for maving and 11*0 come in each bo-i of carlo compound it wijl gradually darken tlreal;cd faded jrray liair and ptake it soft and jilossy it will not color hip scalp is not tticky or greasy and duca uot rub os.t-adveriieeinent

1 final ff edition m sunday Chicago february 18 1917 sunday price five cents | vol xvii no 33 a m m ?! iwti ftfc w^*i a iky&y j^&w^w^&^\w%^&^w*w y y a vult y^f i^ti^mf j&iew f a j^t y a w 1 vows to kill more americans than did villa in columbus fight declares he will allow no american captives to live cl paso tex feth 17 two americans were killed early ilf to-d;:y at i lie gibson ranch fourteen miles west of columbus x ji by mexican raiders accord ing to wioftk-iai ji'ossages received licio to-night by american cattle lieu xo details were received but j it is reported the raiders crossed the j boundary between midnight and dawn to-day jalazar takes vow o slay americans they are said to have been mem â€¢ : . of genera lube y salazar's command tumors here 10-day credited sala â€¢ â– ;â€¢ with a vow to kill more ainer . an did villa ins chief in his rlumbus raid sulazur is said also .: i irn to kill ill american -. jves bands are encamped â– Â„-â– â– ri kins dista nee of the i truer zu.ardsm.en rushed ? threatened points lists amped between lia . - â– â– â– uid el paso it is re ,; â– ..... , â– ... . of new mex .:â– . . !â€¢â– en ordered to re ..,-,. iic ;â– . â– â– â– . " â– â– llachitadis - .. tiism iu.oo'j national guards ' ! . n train ui l.:i paso within ; iexl tew days luv home orders d ... re i.-niulit ordered all dsmen demobilized prudenuiu mireuda alleged leader i ;..: Â„ : ; corner kanch sev s uav was sought in el paso -... â– .: ; 'â– â– -. government officers he : , ....â– â– ' cd ilidlhg here ilia to establish sew government villa conferred with other revolu tionary leaders at san andres to-day he would establish a new govern nt in tlie state of chihuahua v hich he claims to control this information was received by villistu agents here to-day only a small carranza garrison is reported at chihuahua city bandits who raided jlrs phoebe a hearst's ranch near madera killed uur chinese as well as two mexi uanÃŸ whose deaths had been re i ported , madcru representatives of j the pearson interests reported to it is feared many other chinese in ihe same district have been killed the town of madera was looted of munitions and supplies carrying 4,000 with which to ran som the wire of bunk spencer negro rancli foreman who is held hostage by mexican bandits repre sentatives of e k warren of mich isan owner of the ojites ranct crossed the border by automobile 10-day according to dispatches from hachita n m a civilian killed by a sentry of the twenty-first north carolina regi ment because he refused to halt when rhallensed remained unidentified to day the sentry is under arrest thy â– â– ::â– 'â– 'â€¢â– er ction by either side this yeare towns near capture petit miraumont is south of tho ancre and is all but in british hands now only a few hundred yards sep arate the troops from that position miraumont is situated north of the stream british guns now command the entire position from the opposite bank exposing the german lines to an enfilading fire from the west and frontal fire from the south and east miraumont is the chief of the ger man defenses west of baupaume it stands in the same relation there as vaux and douauinont do to verdun petit miraumont defends miraumont on the south both positions have been rlankeil on the cast by the advance and neither is believed to be able to hold out longer against haig's attacks netiiun gmove seen the attack showed superiority of british artillery and the infantry dis played its power in the speed by which it advanced the rush through succeeding trench lines was appar ently earned with case fog for a time interferred with artillery fire british aeroplanes were unable to help much toward di recting 1 the fire it is suggested that the small num ber of prisoners taken may indicate von hindenburg ha3 decided to fall back on the defenses behind the ancre and somme this has been forecast helen morton loses boy's 2,000 suit the appellate court ruled against miss helen morton daughter of mark morton yesterday affirming the de | cision of a lower court that she j must pay s-,000 damages to fred ' kose a boy who was thrown and in jjured by miss morton's inarc rosa j c!ora at the onwentsla club several years aero lioki'a leg was broken h â– sued and aun l judgement lor 2,uuo vli^y iiortuji appealed declar ing the judgement ought not to ex , ceed u.oot our first line of defense the fleet in action the great fighting ships of all classes of the united states navy are shown in action in a double page of pictures in this issue see pages 4 and 5 of the second section derbyseeswar crisis hearing j matter of few months he de clares warns england against overconfidence i london feb 17 â€” the earl or derby secretary of state for war speaking at bolton to-day said he thought the critical period of the war would occur in the next few months he declared 1 would be a false friend if i did not warn the country that thu war is going to be long continued and the struggle even more bitter than in the past it can only bo won dy every one doing his ut most the three things most vital are j money men and munitions money and munitions are being supplied in large quantities men we want and must have more meif vital the nation will have lo make greater sacrifices in the way of giving ils manhood to fight its battles you will not win the war by saying you have won it i am as confident as any one of â– the eventual result but do not be j led a.vay into the too great opti j mism of thinking that the end is near there is nothing that pleases j us more than to hear that the | i german nation is at its last gasp j ido not think it is true i be lieve the german nation is suffer ing but it still has an enormous reserve power and will make a gi gantic effort to gain the mastery criticaii period near i believe we are poing to see the critical period of the war in the next few months we must face it with courage i confidently pre dict it will be a successful six months for us but at the same time i do not think it will be a walkover you must receive bad news ! equally with good news with tho i same courage the same gamenesj and the same determination there is but one m^tto for every man and woman in the country â€” namely slick it out that is what you have got to tio at whatever cost at whatever sac rifice stick it out to the bitter end and the bitter end will mean for you perhaps privation but for those who come after you freedom from the horrors which we have experienced during the last two and a half years 435 gift by house for clark's grandson by international news service washington feb 17 â€” speaker champ clark's grandchild will receive a 435 present from the house mi nority leader mann to-day suggested the 433 members contribute 51 each the speaker's grandchild ho said is also the grandson of the house the motion was adopted unanimously speaker clark was not in the chair gerard is guest of briand at luncheon paris feb 17 â€” james w gerard | former american ambassador to ger many to-day was the guest of honor at a luncheon civen by premier bri and this evening mr and mrs oc i urij wrru entertained &> n dinner part uiivi by ambassador and lira sharp mr gerard plans to ieave paris tuesday night tor madrid i captain of gold ship kron prinzessin cecile won't reveal embassy attache who gave or der code message is signal ibv international news service boston feb 17 tell peter son everything o k about noou january 31 last three days before the united slates broke with germany captain charles a polack sent this message from hoboken to sigmund bierans the latter ivas chief engineer of polack's ship the north german lloyd passenger liner kronprinzes sin ceeile in port here that night the engineer descended i into the ocean giant's engine rooms ana did not emerge for twenty-four hours 3,000,000 liner is i rendered useless the following evening captain ! polack returned her secret code charls plans uv.d records with the kty lo her complicated machinery jhad been destroyed the principal parts of the ma chinery bad been battered to pieces the 53,000,000 lintr liad been tho roughly disabled the famous gold ship had re sponded a second time to a code message for the uerman government the week preceding the outbreak of the european war while en route from new york to plymouth with several million dollars in gold con signed to paris and london bankers she was suddenly turned back by the now famous radiogram siegfried ill carl orders came from i german embassy in an unannounced hearing in the united states district court to-day captain polack told the inside story of how the liner was wrecked he admitted his orders came from a member of the german embassy he was a witness in the civil suit of ths national city bank and the guarantee trust company of new york against the owners of the liner captain fears trial abroad for treason he was questioned by attorney ed ward e blodgett the orders had been in existence since april 131g when tiie relations with germany became strained to the breaking iwint over the sinking of the sussex captain polack also stated that by order from germany all charts and papers had been burned at that time captain polack said the work or destruction was done on january 31 and february 1 to prevent the use of tho fast liner by thu united statos in the event of hostilities with ger inanj he refused to divulge the name of the german embassy official who issued the orders your honor 1 am an officer of tho german navy lie said appeal ing to the court if i should have to disclose the name of this gentle man in this hearing might be tried for treason when 1 go back to ger many 1 wish yuu would not oblige me to answer that question juuge muiton aeeilmoc ttralltn the question in i â– â– â– pressed asiit-u w 'â€¢!> peterson is captain 50,000 tons sunk by one u=boat in day berlin feb 16 via tucker ton feb 17 one subma rine now at its home dase re ports that in twenty-four hours it sank merchant ships aggre gating 50,000 tons another Ã¼ boat sank 35,000 tons in five days unrestricted u-boat havoc as reported by british source's to date : reported sunk yesterday ship tonnage lady ann british 1,016 marie leonhardt british 1,468 marion dawson british 2,300 queenswood british 2,701 tonnage yesterday 7,485 tonnage since feb 1 232,581 ships sunk yesterday number since feb 119 thres in crew killed struck mine 2 lost byhvessels ships reach u.s safely through u-boat zone nets guard new york harbor i new tork feb 17 a steel net to protect the port of new york from hostile submarines and otl^r war i craft was put in place at the entrance of the harbor to-day it will be kept in position only be tween sunset and sunrise and will bar all ships frctni departing or en tering three tugs and three lighters from new york navy yard lowered the net in the channel which runs be tween fort wadsworth on the staten island side to fort hamilton on the brooklyn side a distance of about one mile fourteen vessels totaling nearly 50,000 tons reached new york to day all had come from the war zone several large ships departed for europe two of them the algonquin and the city of pueblo are american freighters carrying american crews and commanded by american officers carrv american chews the crew of the algonquin is com 1 posed of nine americans including captain a nordberg she is bound for london and the war zone the city of pueblo has a cargo of contra band and is bound for havre before the vessels i^iled the officers were granted a 100 per cent bonus and the crew a 215 per cent bonus the holland-american steamship company's passenger and freight liner noordam was another to sail she carries s,ooo tons of foodstuffs con signed to the holland government no passengers are carried officials of the american line said the situation had not changed none of their ships will leave until definite i word is received from washington ' british ship sails savannah gi feb 17 the british steamer ardgorm with a cargo valued at 2,200,000 left to night for havre france it is said she will be met by a british cruiser all british crew and way unarmed | u s weathee forecast ' Chicago a>d vici.mtv â€” partly cloudy niitl much colder sunday mon day *â€¢Â»Â«Â» " ; m u int vnrinme minds shifting to fresh easterly tehpebfatdre for twenty-funr hours ending 1 p m : htgrhvat 45 lowest sl average ijx t>Â»-iti:il inn|iit:i in i -â– for ilie day -'â– - deficicnry of tempera turo fainco january 1 ijo dt-prccs precipitation for twenty-four liuurs ending at 7 p m none deficicnry vt precipitation since jauur 1 1.29 inches rte!&tlii_ln::';i!ii . t :>. m 01 1 p m . 7 p di tit baromel rtc piea&urc h luci ' tu aefl i > . a m 29.48 7 r m luw sunriao to-uay i ; n suijael to-day .*, : r complete bo^enunent report ua f^ge 3 kirl 0 ( will ask ; president to go before congress in joint session before march 4 decision reached on arm ing merchant vessels report j will make request in order to be able to act at once should international situation develop seriously he says bv international news survice washington feb 17.-:presi dent wilson to-day took the first step toward obtaining ! complete congressional support icr . any action he may deem necessary in tlic german cri?i ' alaking a personal visit to the eapitol the president notified oen i ate leaders that he proposes to lay uefore congress within two weeks a j demand for legislative authority ' which will enable him to meet any j turn of international affairs in his i discretion he will request that the author tj i bo made complete that he may pro | teed with his foreign policy after the present congress expires march 4 request expected within coming week it is believed the request ioi uie joint session will be made within the coming iveck leaders in congress made ii clear that i president will lie given full anil complete authority to take j steiits jic niiglit deem needful while at the capitol the president had a brief talk with senator i'ilman chairman of the naval affairs com mittee a few minutes later the navm u.i fairs subcommittee announced thai it had raised tlie total of the naval appropriation bill already passed by the house from 3g5,000,000 to j8Â»3 000,0u0 150,000,000 given wilson for emergency chairman tillman's subcommittee recommended to the full committee the following significant ilcius a blanket appropriation el liu 000,000 to be available immediate for use by the president in his dis cretion in speeding up construction of naval vessels already authorizeu this appropriation was proposed in the house but was defeated an increase of 600,000 in the ap propriation of more than 5,000,000 for batteries for merchant auxilia ries an increase of 450,000 in the ap propriation of more than 7,000,000 for ammunition icar merchant aux iliaries plan to arm trade vessels is seen in these items official washington to-night believes it sees the begin nings of an administration plan to place suns aboard the american mer chant vessels sailing for ports in the deatli zone it was apparent to-night that within a short time the president ivill lay before congress a broad compre hensive emergency program 31 was stated that the president proposes to have available for instant use all oi j the money and all of the power thai may be needed to meet the ne-.t move in the uerman crisis during his visit 10-day tlie i'resu i dent talked wiui senator simiiio.is rftn:rm:rn vt the ffttanoe comnii'.tca lie lias charge of !!:â– - admlnlsl no revenue bill already liussed in ijia [ house emergency funds wo'iir i a j continued on *" pa3 stn column i continued on 6th pagk 4th co'umn >^ this edition consists of j â€” 1 i iâ€”sens,1 â€” sens 3 â€” society | rr â€” 1 2-sews club